Free Web NovelChapter 10: New Side Quest!
Ding!
The doorbell chimed as David pushed through the glass panel, and the first thing that caught his eye was the reception area — noticeably nicer than the outside of the building had any right to promise.
The gym’s exterior hadn’t exactly looked like it was crumbling the way half the lower side did, but it hadn’t looked *nice* either. Inside, though, everything felt a step up — a small resting bench along one wall, currently empty, and a reception desk positioned dead ahead.
Behind it stood a woman with long brunette hair and glasses, head bowed over a form she was filling out.
Above her head, a system tag flickered into view, and David’s eyes caught it instantly.
[Mrs. Walbury.
Role: Former/ Failed Hunter.
Temptation level: 11
Rank: F-Rank.]
David went still for a beat, something between confusion and quiet relief settling over him.
’Failed Hunter. So she’s — she actually was one, at some point.’ This was the first time he’d actually encountered someone the system had tagged as an active — or formerly active — hunter, and some instinct in him had braced for danger before his brain caught up and reminded him: F-rank. Same as him. Nothing here that should register as a threat.
He let the tension ease out of his shoulders and walked over anyway, curiosity trailing a half-step behind him now.
’Alright,’ David thought, straightening up a little as he approached.
’Guess this is the part where I get registered.’
He walked up to the desk and stood there, waiting, expecting her to look up any second. She didn’t.
He shifted his weight, glancing around the small lobby like the answer to her obliviousness might be written on the walls somewhere, then cleared his throat, loud and deliberate.
Still nothing.
’What the hell,’ he thought, brow furrowing. ’Am I invisible right now?’
He tapped two fingers lightly on the edge of the form in front of her, and that finally did it — her head snapped up, one hand reaching to pull an earbud free.
"Oh! Sorry, I didn’t even notice you there," she said, blinking up at him.
"Wasn’t expecting anyone this early. Welcome in!"
"No worries, happens all the time," David said, waving it off easily.
"Ugh, you’ve got that right. You have no idea the night I had," she went on, dragging a hand down her face, shoulders slumping like the memory itself was exhausting.
"Barely slept, honestly. Then my daughter calls me at like five a.m. about something that could’ve absolutely waited—" She caught herself mid-rant, visibly shook it off, and straightened back up, plastering on a brighter smile like she’d just remembered she was supposed to be professional.
"Sorry, that’s not your problem. How can I help you?"
She leaned forward slightly over the desk, and David’s eyes — entirely against his own better judgment — dipped for half a second before he yanked them back up.
Up close, and even behind the glasses, he could tell she was probably somewhere in her thirties, maybe early forties, and stunning in a way that made the earlier five a.m.-sister-crisis story feel completely irrelevant. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
’Okay. Focus. Do not be weird about this.’
"I’m David," he said, a beat too fast.
"I, uh — I’m here to—"
"Do you want to hear about our complimentary trial week?" she cut in smoothly, clearly running through her usual script.
"We do a free assessment, plus we’ve got a smoothie bar discount for new members this month—"
"Sorry, I—" David started, trying to steer back to actually registering, mentally cursing himself for losing the thread of a sentence of a glasses and a nice smile woman who reminded him alot of a special Mia Khali—
A hand slapped down on his back.
"David!"
He turned, already halfway convinced some second woman had appeared out of nowhere purely because his cologne was, in fact, working exactly as advertised — and then he saw who it actually was, and his stomach did a small, pleased flip anyway.
Holly. Same gym fit as yesterday, different color this time, white instead of the darker set, and it did nothing whatsoever to hide the same curves that had wrecked his composure the first time around.
"Holly! Hey." He tried to sound casual and mostly succeeded, if casual meant slightly too enthusiastic.
"Didn’t expect to see you this early either."
"I mean, I work here, so." She grinned, tilting her head.
"But yeah — look at you, actually showing up. I’m impressed."
"Told you, I’m serious about this exercise shit..." he said, straightening a little.
"Ohh, I remember. Body breathing, right?" she repeated, laughing, the same reaction as last time.
"Right. Of course."
David grinned back, feeling — for a full three seconds — genuinely pleased with himself, before Holly’s gaze drifted past him to the receptionist, who was watching the two of them with mild, patient amusement.
"Oh my god, wait, where are my manners." Holly said, straightening up.
"Sorry, this is David — he’s the guy I told you about, the one I referred over yesterday? David, this is Mrs. Walbury, she runs the front desk here. Mrs. Walbury, this is David."
Mrs. Walbury’s smile turned warmer immediately, some professional switch flipping back on. "Ah, so you’re David. Holly wouldn’t stop talking about—"
Holly shot a quick, pointed look at Mrs. Walbury — the universal signal for *stop right there* — and Mrs. Walbury immediately clamped her mouth shut, hands raised slightly in mock surrender. "Sorry, sorry. Overstepped."
’Wait, talked about me?’ David’s brain latched onto that immediately, curiosity flaring hot and instant. ’What exactly did she say? We literally met yesterday.’ Some small, hopeful part of him desperately wanted the full transcript, preferably read aloud, preferably twice.
But then something else snagged his attention first. ’Walbury. Why does that name sound so familiar—’
The realization landed half a second before he could finish the thought. Walbury. That was Jenna’s last name — the girl from the park, the one who’d spent the entire conversation looking like she wanted to be literally anywhere else.
’Oh.’ He glanced between his memory of Jenna and the attendant before him, actually studying them properly this time, and yeah — there it was, in the shape of the jaw, the eyes, even the slight air of done with everyone’s nonsense they both seemed to carry.
’That’s definitely Jenna’s mom. Or aunt. Something. They’ve got the same face.’ He thought as his eyes drifted a tad bit lower to the curvy shapes of her blush cleavage, almost begging to be ravaged by his nose.
He must have been staring a beat too long, because Holly cleared her throat lightly and turned back to Mrs. Walbury, all business now.
"Anyway — David here would like to get registered. It’s time he started his training."
She glanced sideways at him, something warm and a little teasing in her expression.
"And don’t worry, I’ll be the one guiding him through it all, personally."
However, right as she muttered this, a chime rang out, softer this time but somehow no less alarming, and David’s stomach dropped straight through the floor as a fresh window slid into view.
[New Side Quest Acquired: Taking First Base]
[Objective: Consensual placement of player’s member on Mrs. Walbury’s lips.]
[Time Limit: 7 days.]
[Reward upon completion: $100]
[Penalty: Failure to complete this Quest within the allotted time will result in a permanent 60% stagnation of Player’s sexual pleasure.]
Every internal alarm he owned started blaring at once.
’What the fuck? This is what the system sees as first base? Who even thinks of this shit.This system needs therapy. THERAPYYY.’
"Everything okay?"
Mrs. Walbury’s voice snapped him back into the room, pen still poised over his registration form, brow slightly furrowed at whatever expression David’s face had apparently decided to broadcast to the entire lobby.
"Yep," David said, a full octave higher than his normal speaking voice. "Totally fine. Great. Never better."
He immediately regretted every word of that sentence the second it left his mouth.
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